In two nursing homes in Flanders, Belgium, four cases of acute hepatitis B infection have recently been detected, linked to the multiple use of blood capillary sampling devices on diabetic patients
The effects of the tsunami tidal wave which hit countries in south Asia and east Africa on 26 December 2004, presented a potential communicable disease threat immediately after the initial physical devastation
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